Responsibility Major Theme of Obama Speech to UN

Political scientist Ian Hurd says broad human security, nuclear proliferation and climate change top the President’s agenda.

September 24, 2009 | by Brendan Cosgrove

EVANSTON, Ill. --- This week marked Barack Obama’s first address to the United Nations General Assembly as President of the United States. Ian Hurd, associate professor of political science at Northwestern University, discusses the President's speech and his broader agenda for the U.N.